Safety-razor.



W. H. ORIGHTON-OLARKE.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APYLIOATION FILED JULY 20,1007

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. CRICHTON-CLARKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \Vrmmnr I-I. (IIIICIIION- CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to safety razors.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of such devices, particularly by reducing the number of parts of which they are made.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a ver tical section partly in elevation through a razor constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the cap and guard separated from each other. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the im proved razor. Fig. 4. is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side ele vation of the cap, blade, guard and handle in se iarated relation; and Fig. (3 is a plan view showing a portion of the blade.

Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in the di'l'lerent figures of the drawing.

The numeral 1 indi rates the cap or backing; 2, the blade; 3 the guard, and -l the handle. The handle -11 is swiveled on to the guard 3 in any suitable manner. ()ne convenient method of swiveling the handle on to the guard for permitting rotary movement of the handle while preventing movement of the guard axially consists in extending the upper end of the handle above the guard 3 as shown at 5, and forming it with an annular enlargement to produce a shoulder 6 which rests against the upper surface of the guard 3. Below the guard 3, a ring or washer 7 is secured to the handle =lby means such as bolts 8. The shoulder G Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Serial No. 384,797.

l and ring 7 provide a simple form of swivel joint between the guard 3' and handle -.l-. The upward extension 5 of the handle -'l is formed to engage the cap, it is preferably screw threaded as indicated at l) and is adapted to engage a screw threaded opening 10 in the cap 1 for the purpose of adjustably drawing the cap 1 and guard 3 together so as to clamp the blade 2 between them. The cap and the guard thus form a pair of blade clamping plates. The cap and guard are preferably so shaped as to flex or bend the blade 2 in the usual manner and the cap 1 is provided with positioning pins 12 and adapted to extend through openings 13 in the blade 2 and through openings 11 in the guard 23. The teeth 15 preferably are formed on the opposite edges of the guard 3 in the usual manner. The blade 2 is formed with an opening 16 for the passage of the extension 5 of the handle 1. By swiveling the handle -l on to the guard 3 and by providing said handle with an upward extension adapted to engage the cap 1 the eonstrlu-tion of the razor is simplified and improved and the number of main parts are reduced to three, viz: the cap, the guard and the swiveled handle.

\Vhat is claimed is:

'1. A razor comprising a cap having a threaded opening, a guard, and a handle rotatably swiveled on the guard and having an enlarged threaded extension at its upper end projecting above the guard and adapted to engage the threaded opening of the cap, and means for preventing axial movement of the handle relative to the guard.

Q. A razor comprising a perforated guard, a handle passing thercthrough, and a swivel connection between the two, a cap having a threaded aperture, and a. threaded enlargement on the end of the handle constructed and adapted to enter the cap aperture, and means cooperative with such enlargement for holding the guard from movement axially of the handle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses WILLIAM H. CHIC TON-CLARKE.

lVitnesses Cnanmcs A. Scnnonnn, III'IRM'AN P. Sonwnn'rz.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

